She fell for it...

Yes, it made it onto the wall without any last minute indecisions!

Such a gorgeous illustrative wallpaper. Vergel by Tres Tintas.

The carpet has also been chosen.

This will be laid in all the rooms upstairs and on the stairs themselves.

Now just the en-suite, kitchen flooring/tiling and a few other little bits and pieces and then Bob's your uncle!!!

We're having a drink over here to celebrate!

Just to say a very HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my lovely Auntie and Uncle down under!

Hope you both have a lovely day! xxx

Let's step back in time a little.

While the dogs waited patiently outside....

Bonnie

...and Larry

...we all had a parquet party!

...well, of sorts. A couple of glasses of wine anyway!

You see. Eight months down the line...

...the Hunter's finally have a floor! 

And a lovely one at that! Big cheers all round!

I'm sure mum and dad would agree the hours and hours spent cleaning blocks were worth it!

A few cheeky bits of rogue timber have revealed themselves...

but it all adds to the character I think!

It's amazing to see all the different shades to the timber.

Just one more fine sanding...

...and a final protective layer and it'll be job done. Here's to another hundred years parquet!

Today people...

This is what you'd be seeing if you were here at Briardene (well not this exact image seeing as it was taken a week ago) but yes, Mr Hunter has a smile on his face! Why? Because the parquet has finally been sanded!!! 

Forget what I said yesterday, dad got his thinking cap on in the afternoon and managed to get another bloke to come out and do the job today, and pronto he did!!! 

I'm not at Briardene myself, so I haven't actually seen dad's smiley face but I can tell it's smiley from talking to him over the phone. Yes, it's been a long time coming! The flooring that is, not dad's smile!

I'll get some pictures on here tomorrow night for you after its final sanding. You won't sleep tonight will you?! x

Remember this?

Think it's having serious repercussions!!

The latest - Sanding of the parquet has ground to an almighty halt (after 4 sq yards) as we are told the sanding pads are not abrasive enough for the job and are being worn down at a silly rate! So.....

The solution - More abrasive pads are being ordered but will take up to a week and then they can't come back to finish the job till nearer the end of the month!! At this present time,

Parquet + White Paint + Ian Hunter = Generally not a happy chappy. Oh dear!

He did break the miror though!

Ta-dah!